[jyl]

The last few days, I've been really tired. Tired at work, go home and take a nap, still tired.

On my commute, I've felt weak and slow. Haven't been pushing hard, not even passing girls, just riding like a slacker. Look down thinking I'm in the little cog, but I'm halfway up the cluster. Even checked if my tire was rubbing on something, nope.

My son and wife had colds last week, my daughter came down with a bad cold yesterday, but I didn't think I was getting it. I didn't get sick once last year.

Sitting at my desk today, trying to concentrate on a spreadsheet, and I realized - I was feeling little aches, I was cold, my head was fuzzy and started to hurt.

. . . Dammit! I'm getting sick!

Is it too late to get a flu shot? Take a bunch of Airborne or Zicam? Or just suffer?

Is this going to be a bad flu season? I see some headlines about a SARS-like virus somewhere abroad.

Do colds and flus slowly sneak up in you like this? Normally, they hit me right away or not at all, which is why I figured I wasn't getting anything.